Wish people would stop saying Bloodlines is a role play system for Vampires. Its not that at all, its just a scorekeeping system and a way for the maker to make fistfulls of Lindens. I bet 90% of the people using it don't role play at all.
Oh and on goth here's some good reference material
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goth_subculture
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Imnotgoing Sideways
Can't outlaw cute! =^-^=
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09-18-2008 10:02
Wish people would stop saying Bloodlines is a role play system for Vampires. Its not that at all, its just a scorekeeping system and a way for the maker to make fistfulls of Lindens. I bet 90% of the people using it don't role play at all. Frankly... Calling a BLHUD Spampire a roleplayer is akin to calling a McDondald's customer a 5-star chef. =^-^= _____________________
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Soji Slade
Um . . . Hello?
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09-18-2008 10:19
The Goths far predate the 80's -- they took part in the sacking of Rome during it's rapid decline (approximately 260AD onwards). Several of my posts mention goths predating the 80's. Apparently I've been muted. Of course that means no one will read this post. I shall endeavor to have long interesting discussions with myself then. It will be glorious. _____________________
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Beezle Warburton
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09-18-2008 20:35
Several of my posts mention goths predating the 80's. Apparently I've been muted. Of course that means no one will read this post. I shall endeavor to have long interesting discussions with myself then. It will be glorious. Who are you? |
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Gabriele Graves
Always and Forever, FULL
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09-18-2008 20:52
BINGO!!! XD Frankly... Calling a BLHUD Spampire a roleplayer is akin to calling a McDondald's customer a 5-star chef. =^-^= |
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Beezle Warburton
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09-19-2008 00:56
BINGO!!! XD Frankly... Calling a BLHUD Spampire a roleplayer is akin to calling a McDondald's customer a 5-star chef. =^-^= Urg. I have a vampire AV. I met some bozo that insisted I wasn't a "real" vampire because I wasn't part of whatever SL RP Clans he was yammering on about. |
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Sredni Eel
DJ Johnny
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09-19-2008 09:46
Urg. I have a vampire AV. I met some bozo that insisted I wasn't a "real" vampire because I wasn't part of whatever SL RP Clans he was yammering on about. Hell I AM a bloodlines vampire but that doesn't make me more of a vampire than someone who simply calls themselves a vampire in sl. Frankly, I think bloodlines is out of control with the whole OMGZ GOTTA ADD ZILLIONS OF VAMPIRES AND SOULZZZ TO MAI CLANNNNNNNN mentality so many seem to have. Honestly, the only person who benefits from the acquisition of more vampires is Mars Bracken. The guy actually came up with a good money making scheme and can probably retire on the amount of real life money he gets out of 19,000+ bloodlines vampires and wannabes. When you play this game, you really don't gain anything. The status means nothing, really. Why do I still play? Well, for one, it can be a good way to break the ice. Plus people think it's funny that a bloodlines vampire would sit there and make fun of other vampires  I don't even hunt anymore. I wait for people to ask ME to bite them. It's a lot better than being told "fuck off and die, vamp" for approaching strangers who don't want to talk to you, let alone be bitten. I also find it ironic that Transylvania, a VAMPIRE sim, outright bans people with the bl HUD, though so far I have been able to wander freely there without issue. Probably because I don't use the HUD when I'm there. |
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Imnotgoing Sideways
Can't outlaw cute! =^-^=
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09-19-2008 09:52
...I also find it ironic that Transylvania, a VAMPIRE sim, outright bans people with the bl HUD, though so far I have been able to wander freely there without issue... _____________________
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Lindal Kidd
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09-19-2008 10:30
Several of my posts mention goths predating the 80's. Apparently I've been muted. Of course that means no one will read this post. I shall endeavor to have long interesting discussions with myself then. It will be glorious. Will you kindly be quiet, both of you? Some of us are trying to have discussions with ourselves.  (Seriously, Soji, I expect he just missed your marvelously erudite and far-reaching discourse on things Gothic.) _____________________
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Raudf Fox
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09-19-2008 11:17
Wish people would stop saying Bloodlines is a role play system for Vampires. Its not that at all, its just a scorekeeping system and a way for the maker to make fistfulls of Lindens. I bet 90% of the people using it don't role play at all. Oh and on goth here's some good reference material http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goth_subculture You're absolutely right. It's not really an RP system, because in order to role play, you have to have plots and time to actually interact with other users of the system. Well, at least in something other than biting people just to get their souls and blood. Even vampires have their emo moments or feel like doing something other than fast fooding the lick-sticks. _____________________
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Darion Rasmuson
Norsky
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09-19-2008 14:54
I concur. If I ran into a talking tummy in real life I'd run, screaming, from the building. Children and vampires I can deal with, though the child avatars that speak with that lisp or with the "cindy brady" style "I wuv mai mommiez suuuuu much, n mai sis too but she's a butthead." talk just makes me want to drop kick them. But that's just me. Tummies are top of my list. Kids with obvious adult faces and "baby talk" second. Some seem to think merely shrinking the body/chest area and getting a lisp makes them kids.. O.o |
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Marianne McCann
Feted Inner Child
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09-19-2008 15:01
And me. Tummies are top of my list. Kids with obvious adult faces and "baby talk" second. Some seem to think merely shrinking the body/chest area and getting a lisp makes them kids.. O.o That bugs me too. Never sure how to relate to folks who are acting one age an looking another. I see that at its worst with shrunk-down male avatars. THey dun scale well if all you do is size-0 them. _____________________
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Darion Rasmuson
Norsky
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09-19-2008 15:05
They sure don't. I have a kid alt, and he has a female based avatar. Works well for him.
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Nika Talaj
now you see her ...
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09-19-2008 20:05
Frankly, I think bloodlines is out of control with the whole OMGZ GOTTA ADD ZILLIONS OF VAMPIRES AND SOULZZZ TO MAI CLANNNNNNNN mentality so many seem to have. Honestly, the only person who benefits from the acquisition of more vampires is Mars Bracken. The guy actually came up with a good money making scheme and can probably retire on the amount of real life money he gets out of 19,000+ bloodlines vampires and wannabes. When you play this game, you really don't gain anything... . |
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Sredni Eel
DJ Johnny
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09-20-2008 10:36
I haven't read the whole thread, but this sounds like a pyramid scheme. Weren't pyramid schemes among the things mentioned by the Lindens as unwelcome activity, at the same time they banned gambling? . No idea, but I'd be willing to bet I'm one of the few people in the game who doesn't give a rat's ass about how many souls or minions he has. I just like biting people who want me to bite them. |
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Imnotgoing Sideways
Can't outlaw cute! =^-^=
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09-20-2008 17:02
I prefer to eat the rude. "Free range rude", I call them. =^,,^=
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Mjolnir Uriza
Hammer of the Gods
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09-20-2008 17:07
Friends don't let friends drink friends!
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Conan Godwin
In ur base kilin ur d00ds
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09-20-2008 23:59
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Tod69 Talamasca
The Human Tripod ;)
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09-21-2008 02:16
Am I the only one hanging out in a Vampire Sims that doesnt do the vampire look????
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Imnotgoing Sideways
Can't outlaw cute! =^-^=
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09-21-2008 08:30
Am I the only one hanging out in a Vampire Sims that doesnt do the vampire look???? _____________________
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Gabriele Graves
Always and Forever, FULL
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09-21-2008 14:48
Am I the only one hanging out in a Vampire Sims that doesnt do the vampire look????  VV |
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Soji Slade
Um . . . Hello?
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09-24-2008 14:35
Will you kindly be quiet, both of you? Some of us are trying to have discussions with ourselves. (Seriously, Soji, I expect he just missed your marvelously erudite and far-reaching discourse on things Gothic.) Ironically I took it one step further than just talking with myself assuming everyone had me on mute. I forgot to log in again. _____________________
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Gabriele Graves
Always and Forever, FULL
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09-24-2008 14:41
Ironically I took it one step further than just talking with myself assuming everyone had me on mute. I forgot to log in again.  |
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Beezle Warburton
=o.O=
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09-24-2008 14:44
Ironically I took it one step further than just talking with myself assuming everyone had me on mute. I forgot to log in again. Silly kitty. |
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Ashlyn DeCuir
Registered User
Join date: 21 Feb 2007
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01-19-2009 21:52
My problem with the whole vampire thing is there is no way to actually win the game. Vampires tend to be greedy and will bite people for their souls or the blood without asking, and that gives the rest of us a bad name. Hell, there is no reason to build numbers for clans. My own clan is small and made up of friends only (I tend to be very selective about who I make a vampire). I've always thought that Bloodlines should have some sort of Blood Doll option for those who want to remain human, yet want to be involved in the world of vampires. Unfortunately, we don't have that. I also think that people who are bitten should regain 1% of their humanity per night, just like vampires lose .25 liters of blood each night. That way five days after they've been bitten, humans will be fully human again. It might take some of the sting out of newbies who are preyed on by vampires who roam the newbie places in search of an easy bite. I'm a vampire who has routinely engaged people in conversation and then asked to bite since I joined the game in July. If you say No, I'm okay with it. If you say Yes I bite. Pretty simple. I also won't push people into being made vampires or join my clan because if you're not going to put the effort into the game it's kind of a waste of my time to turn you. What would I get out of turning someone? Three liters of blood to store? I don't really need it because in the game I'm protected from the curse of losing vital blood each night. My reason for becoming a vampire is it helps break the ice and it gets me out to places I'd normally not visit, like InfoHubs. I've actually met a lot of good friends I wouldn't otherwise have made if I wasn't out hunting My "Human" friends all know I won't bite them unless they ask me to. I don't always ask the random strangers I meet if I can bite. I'm really more interested in getting to know people, but the bite is definitely a perk. Plus who wouldn't want to be bitten by a Johnny Depp lookalike? *grin* I like the way you think. I'd never ask someone for a bite unless they asked me or I knew them and befriended them and... ... Sorry, got distracted thinking of Johnny Depp |